Consciousness Quotes
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; his heart is an abyss which can only be filled by that which is godly.
Only when the habit of one's consciousness to see in paintings bits of nature, madonnas and shameless nudes... has disappeared, shall we see a pure painting composition.
Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.
Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.
The self is not only the centre but also the whole circumference which embraces both conscious and unconscious; it is the centre of this totality, just as the ego is the centre of consciousness.
But there's a shift happening in humanity, a shift in consciousness, happening now because it has to happen now.
The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect.
Divine symbols which have been given to mankind from time to time speak to that forum of truth which is within our hearts, and waken our consciousness to divine ideas entirely beyond words.
Undergraduates owe their happiness chiefly to the consciousness that they are no longer at school. The nonsense which was knocked out of them at school is all put gently back at Oxford or Cambridge.
Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
It's weird, huh? It's like the minute you kinda give up control you just know what to do without doing anything.
The Internet has usurped the collective unconscious and access to cosmic consciousness has become difficult and almost primitive.
Direct the glance of apprehension & inquiry to pure consciousness, in its own absolute Being.
Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't want to do the mechanics without the consciousness.
Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.
In our consciousness, there are many negative seeds and also many positive seeds. The practice is to avoid watering the negative seeds, and to identify and water the positive seeds every day.
The main obstacle to our development is our lack of knowledge about the nature of consciousness itself.
What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded with beauty, pierced with danger.
The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals.
Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality.
If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.
The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the "I."
The camera seems to me, next to unassisted and weaponless consciousness, the central instrument of our time.
Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.
The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
The real wealth in Krishna Consciousness is Humility. We don't have to become a big devotee rather we have to become a Humble Devotee.
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
Just trusting the soul cannot lead you to higher consciousness. You have to pay attention for the beautification of your heart.
Once again, when you upgrade sensations from an addiction to a preference, you can enjoy things such as gourmet food and music, without having your happiness depend on them.
Picasso only registers the deformities which have not yet penetrated our consciousness. Art is a mirror which goes 'fast' like a watch - sometimes.
"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."
Could one imagine a stone's having consciousness? And if anyone can do so-why should that not merely prove that such image-mongery is of no interest to us?
You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it.
One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people.
The challenge is about taking things that are infinitely complex and making them simpler and more understandable.
It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.
